Answer key

Rhythms in Three

Every answer, with the reason. 8 questions.

  1. A bar of 3/4 with beat 1 split into two eighth notes. Write the count.

    1 & 2 3

    The & belongs to beat 1, and the bar still counts to three.

  2. A bar of 3/4 with beat 2 split into two eighth notes. Write the count.

    1 2 & 3

    The & belongs to beat 2, and the bar still counts to three.

  3. A bar of 3/4 with beat 3 split into two eighth notes. Write the count.

    1 2 3 &

    The & belongs to beat 3, and the bar still counts to three.

  4. A bar of 3/4 with beat 1 starting on an eighth rest. Write the count.

    (1) & 2 3

    Beat 1 begins with a rest, so its number is counted and not played — which is why it is in parentheses.

  5. A bar of 3/4 with beat 2 starting on an eighth rest. Write the count.

    1 (2) & 3

    Beat 2 begins with a rest, so its number is counted and not played — which is why it is in parentheses.

  6. A bar of 3/4 with beat 3 starting on an eighth rest. Write the count.

    1 2 (3) &

    Beat 3 begins with a rest, so its number is counted and not played — which is why it is in parentheses.

  7. Write the sticking for that split bar on beat one.

    R L R R

    Rights on the beats, lefts on the &s. A rest gets no stick.

  8. Write the sticking for that syncopated bar on beat one.

    L R R

    Rights on the beats, lefts on the &s. A rest gets no stick.